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203 [REPUBLICANDIARIES]
A collection of four octavo diaries / scrapbooks, containing various notes, cuttings, doc-
uments, ephemera and postcards of Irish Republican interest. Including ballads: (most-
ly extracted from periodicals, but some original items); several photographic postcards;
membership cardof The IrishNational League; SinnFéin cheque;manuscript receipt of a
parcel to aMrs. Coyle fromCumann namBan; receipt fromRichmond Barracks, 1916; a
few scarceCualaPresscards;originalphotographsofAustinStackandawomanataborder
crossingcaptioned ‘PartitionMustGo’withabookplate (detailsblank) signedE.K.McKee;
complimentary slip signed by Eamon De Valera. Notes of dates and anniversaries; Rory
O’Connor’sEscape fromCurragh;MountjoyPrisonEscape1919; PaddyFleming, JoeKen-
nedy, TomKetterick; Round aboutClongowes in “98” (withmanuscriptmap),W J Fitzpat-
rick,Dr.WalterFitzwilliamStarkieetc. Some interestingmaterial, the resultsof a lifetime’s
research and collecting.With an earlier leather-bound sketchbook, apparently belonging
toSeanCullen’s father, containing some sketches of historical interest (amateur style): The
VolunteersFuneralP.H. Pearsewhen12yearsold;Asquith; JohnFrancisMacEntee, etc. (4)
€500 - 600
204 [MacDONAGH, Thomas]
Last and InspiringAddress of ThomasMacDonagh. No printer, no date, but 1916. Single
quarto sheet printed one side only. Laiddown on a backing page.With: An original post-
cardof ThomasMcDonagh (Commandant of BishopStreetArea) executedMay3rd, 1916.
With: Anoriginal Christmas cardquoting a verse byWilliamRooney ‘TheDeadwhoFell
for Freedom’, Grave, grave, their names on high’. Oval portrait of McDonagh surround-
ed by a laurel wreath, draped tricolour with crossed pikes in background. With another
broadside. Rare. (4)
“Gentlemen. I accept your sentencewith joy and pride since it is for Ireland I am to die ..
Takeme away, and letmybloodbedew the sacred soil of Ireland. I die in the certainty that
oncemore the seedwill fructify”. The authenticity of this document has beenquestioned,
but the tone and sentiments seem to us entirely consistent withMacDonagh’s. Typescript
copies were inRIChands very soon afterMacDonagh’s court-martial, so it canhardly be
aRepublican invention, and it is inconceivable that anyBritish sourcewouldhave forged a
document containing suchdignified, unpalatable andprophetic sentiments
.
€200 - 300
